- Born
- Birth namePatricia Penrose
- Height5′ 4″ (1.63 m)
- Tricia Penrose was born on April 9, 1970 in Kirkby, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Heartbeat (1992), The Royal (2003) and Heartbeat Chronicles (1999). She has been married to Mark Simpkin since April 12, 2003. They have two children.
- SpouseMark Simpkin(April 12, 2003 - present) (2 children)
- She has an older brother called Paul and a long-lost sister Julie, whom she only met for the first time in 2001.
- She became famous in her twenties as the sexy Liverpudlian barmaid Gina Ward in Heartbeat (1992). As well as an actress, she is also a singer and while she was in the series she released two minor chart hits (neither reached the UK Top 40). She was able to showcase her musical talent in A Talent for Deception (1993), where she performed Lulu's hit "Shout".
- She gave birth to a son named Jake Simpkin on the 10th September 2003 with husband Mark Simpkin. She gave birth to her second son, Freddy Jay Simpkin, on August 8, 2008. He weighed 8 lbs.
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